break ground
英
美
- 挖掘; 动工; 创办; 起锚
break ground的用法和样例:
例句
- The division moved forward and broke new ground.
师团向前挺进,挖掘新的战壕。 - He dug into the ground to get some thing.
他挖掘土地去寻找某样东西。 - When the day was beginning to break,the soldiers of the Wu army began to berat the drums heavilytheir shoutings resounded like rolls of thunder.
天色刚刚显出亮色,吴军鼓声大作,欢呼之声震天动工地。 - If they have come along here ten or fifteen years ago they might have been let in on the ground floor of a lot of things.
假如他们在十年或十五年以前来到这我儿的话,他们就可以在许多生意上获得与创办人同等的利益了。 - After losing his job in the small factory, my father set up his own business, starting from ground zero.
失去在小厂的那份工作后,我父亲创办了自己的企业,一切从零开始。 - The ship broke ground and steamed out of her port.
船起锚出港。
词汇搭配
- break new ground 开垦处女地,开辟新天...
- break fresh ground 开垦处女地(开辟新天...